Staff Training
Are you looking for a training solution for your seasonal staff? Let us provide your staff with relevant, practical real-world courses. Our courses provide them not only with a solid foundation in personal or corporate tax, they are also a resource they can access all year long. See our Staff Training Packages
Monthly Video Newsletter
Our monthly Tax Bytes Practice Mentor is an ongoing news and educational service developed to keep practitioners up-to-date. It also provides training for those new to tax practice or looking to augment their tax knowledge. Watch a detailed video on this subscription service and all the content
Annual Memberships
Are you interested in taking all of our courses? Do you want access to everything at our school for one year? Check out our two annual membership options and get started immediately on your journey of becoming a tax practitioner. Scroll down this page for more information
PERSONAL TAX - FUNDAMENTALS
If you are new to personal tax and want to get in on the ground floor, this is your starting point.
These three courses will provide you with the fundamentals of personal tax. They are designed and taught with the absolute beginner in mind.
The Personal Income Tax Course is a 20+ hour comprehensive, grass-roots course that starts with the basics and grows in complexity.
Preparing Tax Returns - Best Practices is a critical course if you are thinking of preparing tax returns for others or starting a tax preparation business
Personal Tax - Tips & Traps Dozens of tax preparation and planning tips, traps and hacks to understand tax rules & laws
PERSONAL TAX - EXAMPLES & CASE STUDIES
Once you have a solid foundation of personal tax rules and concepts take the next step. Test your skills at preparing actual tax returns.
These courses cover numerous real world examples. Get behind the wheel of a tax preparation practice & have a professional CPA guide you every step of the way.
T1 Case Studies - Beginner is your first step to getting your feet with the most common tax preparation scenarios you will encounter in practice.
T1 Case Studies - Comprehensive is a more in-depth course covering more advanced tax return preparation scenarios (COMING SOON)
T1 Case Studies - Archive gives you access to all over our previous case examples from tax years 2016 to 2021. Over 30 cases covering 50 tax returns
PERSONAL TAX - INTERMEDIATE
Once you have a good foundation from the fundamentals courses, you can dive in to our intermediate courses that will build on your personal tax knowledge.
In-Depth Personal Tax Topics is a collection of seminars curated from our monthly training subscription in the areas of personal tax.
Tax Returns for Deceased Taxpayers takes you through the complexities of preparing the final tax returns for deceased individuals & T3 Trust return for their estate.
Personal Tax Preparation Bootcamp is fast paced overview of personal tax preparation. It is a top-rated course in various CPA professional development programs.
PERSONAL TAX HANDBOOK - TAX PRACTITIONERS
Are you a tax preparer or practitioner looking for a resource that you can refer to that keeps you up to date with the world of personal tax?
Our Personal Tax Handbook series tackles a number of topics in-depth and provides you with tax preparation tips, tricks and traps.
It also gives you the guidance you need to provide accurate and valuable advice to your clients.
These courses are maintained consistently for any changes or new developments in each of the topic areas.
PREPARING U.S TAX RETURNS - FUNDAMENTALS OF U.S. TAX
Have you been looking for a comprehensive online course that teaches you how to prepare U.S. 1040 personal tax returns?
Our associate instructor and U.S. tax practitioner Mark Fehrman, CPA shares his vast knowledge with us in a number of US courses.
CORPORATE TAX - SMALL BUSINESS T2 RETURNS
Take the next step and enter the challenging world corporate tax and see what it feels like to enter the world of a professional accountant.
Corporate tax is an entirely new world. It requires a lifetime of updates and education. The journey never ends.
Take that leap and first step. Sign on for a solid introduction and foundation to corporate tax and T2 preparation for private corporations (i.e. small incorporated businesses)
Introduction to Corporate Tax - Get in on the ground level. This course will help you understand the conceptual framework of corporate tax and the T2 return.
Corporate Tax - Investment Income - A challenging area of corporate tax for private enterprise. Demystify the complexities and understand it once and for all.
Corporate Tax - Best Practices - Get behind the wheel of a corporate tax practice as we dive into the entire process of advising clients & preparing returns
CORPORATE TAX - OTHER
Corporate tax practice is not just about preparing a corporation's T2 return. These courses offer you a breadth of critical knowledge for advising small business clients
Planning for Owner-Managers - A big part of advising clients is understanding the options on how the corporation pays them. Salaries, dividends, loans ... it's all covered
GST/HST Fundamentals - You can't have a business/corporate return without GST/HST. They go hand in hand. This course applies to both personal & corporate returns.
Corporate Tax Preparation Bootcamp - A fast-past course for those with some knowledge of corporate tax. Highly rated by professional CPA PD associations.
RUNNING A TAX PRACTICE
If you are looking at getting into the world of public practice or become a tax preparer, these course provide you with advice in a number of areas.
Tax Practice - Risk Management - It's what you don't know that gets you. Understand a number of risk areas in practice and how to deal with them
Ethics for Tax Practitioners - Get some ethics hours & learn how to navigating difficult yet common ethical situations in a tax practice
Navigating Compilation Engagements - Learn how to tackle the different ways clients provide you with information. From the organized client to the dog's breakfast.
Learn how to build and run a profitable tax practice in our two business focused tax practice courses.
ANNUAL MEMBERSHIPS
What if you are looking to take a number of our annual courses or access to our monthly Tax Bytes Practice Mentor video series?
We have three annual memberships available for both individuals and those tax practice firms looking for a staff training solution.
IAN DINOVO, CPA CGA
Director & Primary Instructor
Ian DiNovo, CPA CGA has been in involved in accounting & public practice for over 20 years, where he has consulted with hundreds of businesses and prepared thousands of Canadian personal and corporate tax returns.
Ian is also a highly sought after presenter and instructor at numerous CPA professional development events & seminars including the CPA Association of Ontario, Wolters Kluwer & other Accountant Networks across Southern Ontario.
Canadian Tax Academy is a unique and innovative learning enterprise dedicated to passing his knowledge and experience to Canadians, through online tutorials and courses.
Through various learning platforms and professional development associations, he delivers top-notch courses in the area of Canadian tax and tax practice management.